| Dicotyledon | Literature for Cyrtandra kauaiensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Gesneriaceae -- The African Violet Family | Bibliography |
| Cyrtandra kauaiensis | |
Common name(s): ha`iwale, kanawao ke`oke`o, ulunahele (Kaua`i) |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i. |
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| Habit |
Shrubs 1.5-3 m tall; stems many-branched. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves opposite, borne on upper 3-5 nodes, those of a pair unequal, symmetrical or nearly so, firm-chartaceous, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 5.5-15 cm long, 2.1-5.5(-6.3) cm wide, upper surface sparsely appressed hirtellous, lower surface with usually conspicuously raised veins, moderately to densely velvety pilose, especially along veins, margins entire to serrulate, apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate to attenuate, petioles 0.9-2.3 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers 1(2) in cymes arising in the leaf axils, densely appressed pilose, peduncles 9-15 mm long, pedicels 8-18 mm long, bracts linear, 3-5 mm long; calyx nearly actinomorphic, green, 10-16 mm long, cleft nearly to base, the lobes oblong to linear-oblanceolate, both surfaces moderately appressed to occasionally sparsely appressed pilose, apex acuminate; corolla white, tube cylindrical, curved, ca. 13-15 mm long, ca. 5 mm in diameter, densely shaggy villous, upper lobes broadly elliptic, ca. 7 mm long, ca. 6 mm wide, lower lobes broadly elliptic, 8-9 mm long, 7-8 mm wide; ovary pilose or occasionally glabrous; style ca. 5 mm long, sparsely puberulent or occasionally glabrous. |
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| Fruit |
Berries white, ellipsoid, 1-1.2 cm long, glabrous. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds 0.2-0.3 mm long. |
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